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Orange County Indexed

Jury

November 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Twenty-nine named men were appointed to attend next court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
November 1778 term
Jurors
Wm. Stroud; Charles Johnston; James Craig; Jesse Nevil; Thomas Cate; Daniel Boothe; William Hightour; John Gattis; George Allen; John Wood; John Boothe; John Tinning; Cairns Tinning; Thomas Lapslie; Thomas Thompson; John Forrest; James McAdams; David Rainey; John Woods; Robert Hunter; John Allen; Henry ODaniel; Hardy Morgan; Thos. Trice; Benj. Rhodes; Benj. Blake; John Hart; Gilbert Strahorn; Sam Craige
Other dates
next Court

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Folio and page 29-59
  • Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 29 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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